URAN Newgen Faces for Football Manager 26

The URAN Facepack gives all newgens in your Football Manager 26 save a realistic appearance.

The installation process is slightly different than in FM24, and unfortunately only 7,500 images are currently used instead of the full 55,000. More on that below.

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Handling Newgen images is much easier in FM26 than it used to be, as FM26 automatically assigns player images directly during Youth Intake – without having to export the Newgens‘ IDs beforehand. So: install once – forever done!

Unfortunately, there are a few drawbacks:

1. The number of Newgen images is currently limited to approximately 7,000. As a result, we will see significantly more duplicates than in FM24, where we were able to use all 55,000 images from the URAN face pack.
2. Assignment is based ‘only’ on ethnicity; nationality is no longer taken into account. In some cases, this does not work properly.
3. Newgens in women’s football are not included. If anyone is interested and has the capacity to create the corresponding images, please get in touch.
4. Discrepancy with the 3D game: Image assignment does not take hairstyles into account. To match the Newgen image and 3D representation, you have two options:
   1. Use the in-game editor to adjust the player’s appearance in the 3D game.
   2. Assign an image to your Newgens manually (see below).

1. Download

Download URAN Newgan Faces for Football Manager 26 here:

• Option 1: via Patreon Support the Creators
• Option 2: via FM.Zweierkette Discord free
• Option 3: via Mega free

2. Setup instructions

1. Download the file
2. Place it into FM26’s installation folder here:
   Windows: \Steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 26\fm_Data\StreamingAssets\aa\StandaloneWindows64
   Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Football Manager 26/fm.app/Contents/Resources/Data/StreamingAssets/aa/StandaloneOSX
   (Save the original file in another location beforehand in case you want to revert to it later.)
3. In Football Manager 26, tick the following two boxes in the settings:
   

4. Done.

3. Manual Assignment

To ensure that your own Newgens in Football Manager 26 are guaranteed to be unique, you can assign them their own image manually. Download the entire pack with 55,000 images so that you have the maximum selection.

1. Select the image you want
2. Place the image in your user folder under graphics\players\Newgens and name it after your player.
3. Download this Config.xml, unzip it, place it next to the image and open it with a text editor
4. Display your player’s ID in Football Manager (Settings > Show ID)
5. In the Config.xml file, add the file name of the image (without the file extension!) and the ID of your player (instead of „Kennzahl“) in a record line.
   Important: You have to put „r-“ in front of the ID. Example: r-2002123456
6. Save the Config.xml and restart Football Manager.
7. Done.

You can add as many record lines as you like to the Config.xml file if, for example, you want to add new pictures for your entire team.

4. Common mistakes

Black silhouettes

Those are real players. You need a regular facepack for those. At the beginning of an FM cycle it can take a while until all new players are included in the graphic packs. So make shure to check for updates regularly.

Images are not displayed

Please restart Football Manager – several times if necessary.

Wrong ethnicity

It may happen that, for example, an German player of African origin is assigned a white face. This is a bug in FM26 over which we have no control. If you restore the original file and reinstall the Newgen faces, the assignment should then work correctly. But beware: the reset will reassign all automatically assigned Newgen images!

Need help?

If you are unable to proceed, we will be happy to assist you in the FM.Zweierkette Discord. Please describe your approach in the „uran-support-en“ channel. The more precisely you describe your approach, the faster we can assist you. :-)

 

5. Credits

A project like this is only possible with the help of many people. Therefore, many thanks to the following individuals for their commitment:

FM26 porting: BassyBoy (Method), Tery Whenett & son (Image porting and implementation)

Image creation: Flouw, Salty_Toad, Faro21R, FreshMo, Philipp, Latscher, LiquidSnake89, pfanne1988, pumiii, Rondon25, RoterBaron, Timii09, timmyfck, DBodes, LiverBird_FM, MikaNr2, Ruksson, Dave00, GameCrasher, Arnaud Feld

Image processing & quality control: GameCrasher, Arnaud Feld, DBodes, NorsemanLP

Project management: GameCrasher, Arnaud Feld, DBodes

Initiator: Rock’n Rolla